Faculty, staff and students of the College of Social Work continue to be involved in international research and scholarship. Here is an example of recent work.

Dr. Sayde Logan

Education and Training

University of Manchester, Summer 1973
Manchester, England
Summer Institute on Health Care

Certificate:

SYDA Foundation
Ganeshpuri, India
Meditation Instructor
Summer 1990

Published Work:

Sadye, Logan.  (1998) Implementing women resource centers in developing countries:  A model for self help and positive change.  International Social Work, 41, 133-143.

Technical or Research Reports and Conference Proceedings:

Sadye L. Logan & Nii O. Attoh-Okine.  (May 1996) The Impact of Trends and Patterns of Racial Residential Segregation on the Quality of Life of African-American Families.  Conference Proceedings of the XXIVIA#s World Housing Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 27-31.

Sadye  L. Logan.  “Teaching about Africa:  An Exemplar for a Community Based System of Social Work Practice.” Collected Papers of the 37^th Annual meeting of African Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 107.

Sadye L. Logan.  “An Overview of Child Care Services and Its Relationship to Health and Social Service in Manchester, England,” July 1973.  (Unpublished)  The Attitude of Minority Group Studies Toward Social Work as a Career (MSW group thesis), 1972.

Conference Presentations:

Multiculturalism—A Movement for Social Justice or a Festival of Diversity.”  13^th International Symposium of the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Mumbia, India, December 29, 2003-January 2, 2004.

Reclaiming our Common Heritage:  The ties that Bind Black Families Across Cultures.  The International Association of Caribbean and Social Work Edcuators, Barbados, WI, July, 2003.

African American Women in the 21^st Century:  Forging an Expanded Perspective for Individual and Group Identity Development.”  A Special Symposium:  Families and Children in Sub-Sahara Africa and the Diaspora:  Expanding Paradigms for Practice, Policy and Research, Accra, Ghana, May, 2001.

“Wholistic Healing:  An Expanded Perspective for Working With Inner City Families.”  The First International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health Care.  Jerusalem, January 22-26, 1995.

“Teaching Africa:  The Challenges of Stereotypes, Disinterest and Misinformation.”  (Panel discussion) African Studies Association, 37^th Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, November 1994.

“The Cultural Experience Gap,”  University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work, Toronto, Canada.  March, 1994.

“The Impact of Culture and Ethnicity on Health and Mental Health Care,” Health and Mental Health Delegation to the People’s Republic of China, May 1990.

“Teenage Pregnancy in Cross-Cultural Perspective:  Issues and Answers, Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Fourth International Symposium on Social Development, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan,” August 1986 (with Edith Freeman)

“Child Welfare Issues:  Service Delivery From an International Perspective,”  Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Fourth International Symposium on Social Development, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, August 1986 (with Edith Freeman).

Brown Bags, Symposiums and Practicum Experience:

Brown Bag:  Sites and Insights From Kenya Study Tour, November 2006.

Brown Bag:  Sites and Insights From Ghana Study Tour, November 2003.

Teaching for justice presentation:  Families and Children in Sub-Sahara Africa, Fall 2001.

Symposium:

Plan and convened the first International Symposium.  Families and children in Sub-Sahara Africa and the Diaspora:  Expanding Paradigms for Practice, Policy and Research, Accra, Ghana, May, 2001.

Practicum Experiences:

Served as faculty liaison to a practicum student in Tanzanier, Summer 2006.

Organized and supervised a summer block placement at community for two MSW students, Summer 2004.

Study Tour:

Director of Study Abroad Tour, Kenya 2006

Director of Study Abroad Tour, Ghana – summer 2001-2003, 2004